<br><div><aside class="gnt_em gnt_em__fp gnt_em_vp__tp gnt_em__el" aria-label="Video - Freedom Ride for voting rights marks 60 years since the original, but says still far to go"/><ul class="gnt_ar_sh"><li class="gnt_ar_sh_li">Going into the midterms Tuesday, a wave of new Black residents in the South could help fuel progressive policies and Democratic candidates.</li><li class="gnt_ar_sh_li">The Black population in Georgia has roughly doubled since 1990, moving from about 1.7 million to more than 3 million in the 2020 census.</li><li class="gnt_ar_sh_li">The trend is a reversal of the Great Migration, which saw anywhere from 5 to 6.5 million Black people leave the South searching for political and economic opportunities in the North and Midwest between 1910 through 1970.</li></ul><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">ATLANTA — Malik Rhasaan can often be found at his popular<a target="_blank" href="/in-depth/news/politics/elections/2022/10/24/georgia-voting-law-senate-race-walker-warnock-election-turnout/10544268002/" rel="noopener" data-t-l=":b|e|inline click|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a"> southwest Atlanta</a> restaurant, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.instagram.com/chebutterjonez/?hl=en" rel="noopener" data-t-l=":b|e|inline click|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a">Che Butter Jonez,</a> where the menu and other items take a decidedly <a target="_blank" href="/story/news/politics/elections/2022/10/17/georgia-debate-stacey-abrams-brian-kemp/10524908002/" rel="noopener" data-t-l=":b|e|inline click|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a">Black</a> and N<a target="_blank" href="/story/news/politics/elections/2022/10/17/georgia-debate-stacey-abrams-brian-kemp/10524908002/" rel="noopener" data-t-l=":b|e|inline click|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a">orthern flair. </a></p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">The borough of Queens is emblazoned on what appears to be a New York City street sign.<strong/> Other artwork around the restaurant features the legendary Hip Hop group Run-DMC, also of Queens. On the menu, there’s the “Who Wants Beef, Son ?!” burger.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">New York can be felt everywhere in the Georgia establishment, and yet it is hundreds of miles away and a place he hasn’t lived for decades. Rhasaan left his hometown for Atlanta because it was “the Blackest place I’ve ever been,” and it offered him career growth and other opportunities. </p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">“With New York costs compared to Atlanta, Georgia, you could just kind of get things started a little faster,” he said. “It’s a little easier to get momentum here.”</p><aside class="gnt_em gnt_em_ig" data-g-r="lazy" data-gl-method="loadInstagram" data-v-src="https://www.instagram.com/p/CiYVmnfoM3F/embed/captioned/?cr=1&v=12&wp=1116&rd=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.usatoday.com" aria-label="Instagram Embed"><a target="_blank" class="gnt_em_ig_bl" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CiYVmnfoM3F/?hl=en" rel="nofollow noopener" aria-label="view Instagram post: "><svg class="gnt_em_ig_bl_svg"><use xlink:href="#gnt_svg_instagram"/></svg></a></aside><p class="gnt_ar_b_p"><a target="_blank" href="/story/news/politics/elections/2022/10/14/georgia-midterms-black-men-stacey-abrams/10444044002/" rel="noopener" data-t-l=":b|e|inline click|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a"><strong>GEORGIA 2020 MIDTERMS: In the tight race for Georgia governor, Black men emerge as Stacey...</strong></a></p></div> <style> .wrapper { text-align: center; } </style> <div class="wrapper"> <a class="button" href ="https://news.google.com/__i/rss/rd/articles/CBMicGh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LnVzYXRvZGF5LmNvbS9zdG9yeS9uZXdzL25hdGlvbi8yMDIyLzExLzA1L2dyZWF0LW1pZ3JhdGlvbi1ibGFjay12b3RlcnMtZ2VvcmdpYS1wb2xpdGljcy8xMDYwNTc1NjAwMi_SAQA?oc=5">Read more <span>➤</span></a> </div>
